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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxc: set CPUID topology leaf as unsupported for PV guests



On 14/07/11 14:30, Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 14/07/2011 12:50, "David Vrabel" <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> libxc: set CPUID topology leaf as unsupported for PV guests
>>
>> The result of a CPUID Extended Topology Enumeration leaf for PV guests
>> is invalid as the level in ECX is ignored.  This can cause some guests
>> to loop endlessly when trying to enumerate the topology.
>>
>> Since the physical topology isn't useful to PV guests set the topology
>> leaf as unsupported.
> 
> For future reference, you also need to modify
> xen/arch/x86/traps.c:pv_cpuid(), for dom0.

Looking at the code it looks like dom0 would at least see valid data for
the the topology leaf.  But I guess the info makes no sense to dom0 as
well as domU guests.  Patch sent if you've not already fixed it up.

David

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